Uprise Theatre

02/23/2026

⭐️ THIS weekend we are hosting our performances at . This is a special opportunity to learn how to protect yourself and your people. Come to one or both of the performances. See you there! ⭐️
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⭐️ ESTE fin de semana estaremos presentando nuestras funciones en . Esta es una oportunidad especial para aprender cómo protegerte a ti y a tu comunidad. Ven a una o a ambas funciones. ¡Nos vemos allí! ⭐️

12/02/2025

INVEST IN US ✊🏽

UPRISER: If you have come to any of our events throughout the year, you see how hard we work to educate and empower our communities.

Whether it be our unique Improv Know Your Rights, our one of a kind Legal Theatre Performances, our artist workshops, or our direct legal representation of folks in the carceral system— we are impacting the San Diego community in a way no other organization is doing. ⛓️‍💥

With your support we can continue to offer these services for free.

If you have rocked with us at any of these events, heard about us, or even just learned something from our social media page please consider donating and supporting the vital work we are doing.

Text the words UPRISE2025 to the number 44321 and give us some coins. 🪙

10/28/2025

🙏 We are filled with so much gratitude for those that made last weekend’s Recuérdame Bonito gallery a success! It was a beautiful outpouring of collective community remembering. 💖

The galley will be up until our next event, on November 8th, so please stop by and view the portraits! 🧡

• ON SATURDAY 11.8.25 4PM•

We will be hosting our 2nd event at , bringing art & performance to our neighborhood coffeeshop with our friends . 🎭☕️

Join us for an interactive workshop that gives legal information through improv inspired scenarios. Learn how to respond to ICE raids in our communities and how to protect our people. ✊🏽🔥
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🙏 Estamos llenas de gratitud por todas las personas que hicieron posible el éxito de la galería Recuérdame Bonito el fin de semana pasado. 💖

La galería estará presente hasta nuestro próximo evento, el 8 de noviembre, así que pásate a ver los retratos. 🧡

• SÁBADO 8 de noviembre – 4PM •

Estaremos realizando nuestro segundo evento en Caféina. 🎭☕️

Acompáñanos en un taller interactivo que ofrece información legal a través de escenarios inspirados en la improvisación. Aprende cómo responder ante redadas de ICE en nuestras comunidades y cómo proteger a nuestra gente. ✊🏽🔥

10/07/2025

Please join us for our first installation of Uprise and Grind! We are so excited for this project and look forward to seeing you there. ☕️

06/16/2025

As a social justice organization rooted in art & theatre, we are excited to bring to you our first ever IMPROV Know Your Rights workshop. Learn in real time how to respond to law enforcement and keep our people safe. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾

We will also have resource tables present so that you can learn of other orgs putting in the work 💪🏽 and find ways to volunteer around San Diego. [if you’re an org here in SD and want to join us send a DM!]

SHARE SHARE SHARE AND LFG!
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Como una organización de justicia social basada en el arte y el teatro, estamos emocionades de presentar nuestro primer taller improvisado de Conozca Sus Derechos. Aprende en tiempo real cómo responder ante la policía/migra y mantener a nuestra comunidad seguros. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾

También tendremos mesas de recursos para que puedas conocer a otras organizaciones que están haciendo el trabajo 💪🏽 y encontrar maneras de participar en San Diego. [¡Si eres una organización en SD y quieres unirte, mándanos un DM!]

COMPARTE!

05/02/2022

¡Unete con nosotros!
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Lunes el 9 de Mayo, a las 6 de la tarde, vamos a dar una presentacion a la comunidad para que todxs conozcan sus derechos con la policia y la migra ✊🏽
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Join us Monday May 9th at 6pm with our hosts for a know your rights training in Spanish so that our community knows their rights when dealing with law enforcement. Please feel free to share this information and hope to see you there!

01/25/2022

🤡 So, funny story 🤡: the San Diego City Attorney doesn’t like to give us discovery for infraction cases— even though they are criminal cases and even though they’re required to under due process and little things like the constitution. 📜

We thought about it, and decided: why not join in a suit against them demanding things like justice and equitable procedures NOW for the most vulnerable in San Diego who continue to get criminalized and persecuted in our lower courts. 💁🏽‍♀️ made sense. We 👊🏽
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Thanks to attorney Coleen Cusack who is always leading this fight, our ED who kicks ass on pleading paper, our post bar law clerk who drafted this ditty , and our certified criminal defense law clerk who filed this with the court today! 💫

12/13/2021

Read what our ED had to say on the acquittal of a protestor that was protecting people from the police 👇🏽
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The fact that Draughn was charged so severely was meant to send a message, said Anne Rios.

“It starts to make us wonder whether this bail amount was appropriate or was it simply to punish people,” she said. “I think that has to do with trying to dissuade people from exercising their First Amendment rights, especially when it comes to the protests of last year when people were calling for defunding the police and for Black Lives Matter.”

The fact that Denzel Draughn was charged with 19 felonies — and initially held on three-quarter million dollars bail — was meant to send a message, said a San Diego defense attorney.

12/01/2021

A huge thank you to those who donated, who saw our work, and interrupted the naysayers by believing that it all can be done. 💫
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We met our matching grant goal of $1K! But you can still donate— link below to give us some love. ♥️

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/uprise-theatre/uprise-theatre-2021

11/30/2021

This Giving Tuesday make your dollars count! 💰
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From now until the end of the week your donation will be doubled which means you should absolutely throw us some coins. 💸
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Throughout the day we’ll be talking about our programs and our impact, but for now we wanted to start off with an overview of what 2021 had in store.
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If we’ve inspired you, taught you, helped you, made you laugh, made you angry we hope you’ll consider donating to the people. We hope you’ll consider being an Upriser. ⬇️ follow the link below to give or text the number 44321 with the words Uprise2021!

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/uprise-theatre/uprise-theatre-2021

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11/10/2021

Uprise is beyond thrilled to announce that we have been selected by Rise to be a part of their Winter 2021 Rise Justice Lab cohort. This extremely competitive process encourages grassroots organizers to pass their own laws. 🔥 ✊🏽
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We have been selected to learn how to draft and pass a law which protects mentally incompetent defendants, and their due process, in courts. This is something near to our hearts as it directly impacts families and loved ones that Uprise works closely with in our Equal Access to Justice Project.
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Please stay tuned to learn more about our journey in this accelerator program, meet our team, and see our progress! Let’s do this ! 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

10/28/2021

Uprise is so excited about being a part of this community ofrenda. Join us November 1 for a vigil and evening of remembering those that have passed on.